The Best of Men Kim Sherwood has become a successful cardiologist

has become a successful cardiologist

when rumours of a 'fallen angel' cause a frenzy across London

he instead finds a forgotten uncle in a gloomy back room

and she loves her job

but no one thinks that it will last

The Best of Men Kim Sherwood has become a successful cardiologistIt is 1642, and Laurence Beaumont has just returned to England after six long years fighting and avoiding fighting in the European Wars. Having fled his homeland to escape the responsibilities of his noble birthright, he has been a lowly infantryman, a spy, and a cardsharp in a Dutch brothel. He has seen the worst inhumanities visited on men, women and children by enemy and neighbour alike, and he no longer has faith in God, in causes, or much in